Préfailles
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
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Préfailles (French pronunciation: [pʁefaj] ⓘ; Breton: Pradvael) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
Préfailles
Pradvael | |
|---|---|
Commune | |
Saint Gildas Point | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Préfailles | |
  Préfailles Location within France  Préfailles Location within Pays de la Loire | |
| Coordinates: 47°08′00″N 2°13′00″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire |
| Canton | Pornic |
| Intercommunality | CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Caudal[1] |
Area 1 | 4.72 km2 (1.82 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,321 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (725/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 44136 /44770 |
| Elevation | 0–36 m (0–118 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 601 | — |
| 1975 | 628 | +0.63% |
| 1982 | 775 | +3.05% |
| 1990 | 857 | +1.27% |
| 1999 | 1,038 | +2.15% |
| 2007 | 1,206 | +1.89% |
| 2012 | 1,236 | +0.49% |
| 2017 | 1,246 | +0.16% |
| 2023 | 1,321 | +0.98% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
